Abbott reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(9,391 total reviews)
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Robert Ford

77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Abbott has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 9,391 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Abbott employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Oct 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are pretty good. They are paying me more that industry standard. Currently they give cash profit sharing but we are wondering when they will eliminate that.

Cons

Promotions are driven by minority quotas and the "good old boy network" and not performance. Senior management is inept and has an entitlement attitude. Senior management has no concept of quality or what the FDA wants. In their arrogance, they try to out guess the FDA, and saddle the site and division with processes that are neither sustainable or benificial.

4.0
Sep 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid company with strong fiscal policies.

Cons

Not always great communication from the top to all the employees. Management usually makes decisions for the right reasons but when people don't know what those reasons are, they become skeptical.

5.0
Sep 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Abbott has a long history of providing quality pharmaceuticals and medical products. I have always believed that I am selling the best product in my market, which makes it much easier to sell. Abbott takes a very conservative approach to promotion and interpretation of PHARMA guidelines. We are given a lot of training on appropriate promotion. Abbott provides some benefits that many companies don't, like a pension plan and profit sharing in addition to a 401K. When my personal circumstances have required me to move Abbott has always found me a job in my new hometown. Abbott also does a great job of keeping employees even when drugs go generic or sales forces get downsized. I don't know anyone who's actually been laid off from Abbott, they always get placed in a new position. So overall, great benefits, job security and a great products to sell. That's why I've been with Abbott so long.

Cons

Abbott's technology is sometimes outdated by the time it gets rolled out to the field. Implementing new systems is slow, and some of the current systems were never any good (like OMEGA, the sample management portal). Some things that seem like simple fixes are never going to get changed because someone's pride or their entire career is entwined with a certain software program or report. Abbott is conservative with buying new data or new technology.

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